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Armagh Pipers Club
14 Victoria Street
Armagh BT61 9DT
Northern Ireland

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17th William Kennedy Piping Festival 11th - 14th November 2010, Armagh City
Programme
For tickets in the Market Place Theatre contact the box office at +44 (0)28 37521821 or online. For tickets for all other concerts and more information contact us at +44 (0)28 37511248 or use our e-mail address.

Thursday, November 12, 2009
Duets Concert
The Studio Theatre - 7.30pm
Admission: £10 (£8 conc)
Session
Edward O'Neill's (Red Ned's Bar) - 10pm
Admission: Free

with

  • Dermot Mulholland
  • Emmet Mulholland
  • Ciarán Hanna
  • Friday, November 13, 2009
    Schools event
    10am
    Admission: Through school invitations

    Lá na nGaelscoileanna

    A moring of activities through Irish for students of Irish language medium schools.

    with:

  • Griogair Labhruidh & Síle Denvir (Scotland/Ireland)
  • Anna Murray (Scotland)
  • Lorcán Mac Mathúna & Maitiú Ó Casaide
  • Schools Event
    The Market Place - 11am
    Admission: Through school invitations

    Schools concert

    with

  • Loïc and Ronan Bléjean (Brittany)
  • Edelmiro Fernández (Galicia)
  • Kieran O'Hare & Liz Knowles (USA)
  • Session: Lunchtime Session
    The Stage Bar & Bistro - 1pm
    Admission: Free
    Exhibition of O'Meally Pipes
    Saint Patrick's Trian - 2pm until 6pm
    Admission: Free

    Exhibition of O'Meally Pipes curated by Ken McLeod, Wilbert Garvin and Ronan Browne who will be present all afternoon to talk about the pipes and give demonstrations on various different pipes.

    Venue - Foyer of St Patrick's Trian beside the Uilleann Pipe Making Workshop.

    Session
    De Averell House - 4.30pm
    Admission: Free
    Festival Lecture
    Saint Patrick's Trian - 6pm
    Admission: Free

    Peter Browne - "Piping from the RTE Archives"

    Live BBC Broadcast
    The Market Place - 7pm
    Admission: Free

    Live broadcast of BBC Radio Ulster programme Blas with Lynette Fay

    Festival Concert 1
    The Market Place - 8pm
    Admission: £13 (£10 conc)

    with

  • Mozaik (featuring Donal Lunny, Andy Irvine, Nikola Parov, Bruce Molsky and Rens van der Zalm)

  • Brian Finnegan Band (featuring Aidan O'Rourke, Ian Stephenson, Jim Goodwin & special guest Jarlath Henderson)
  • Session
    Edward O'Neill's (Red Ned's Bar) - 10pm
    Admission: Free

    with

  • Thomas Smyth
  • Rosie Smyth
  • Gerry Lappin
  • Session
    Turner's Bar - 10pm
    Admission: Free

    with

  • Martin Meehan
  • Justin Toner
  • Caroline Judge
  • Saturday, November 14, 2009
    10am until 12.30pm
    Admission: £15

    Workshops to be held at various venues:

  • St. Malachy's Primary School
  • Market Place Theatre
  • St. Patrick's Trian

  • uilleann pipes with Jerry O'Sullivan, Ronan Le Bars, Maitiú Ó Casaide and Jarlath Henderson*
  • uilleann pipes slow airs with Ronan Browne
  • highland pipes with Andrew Carlisle
  • flute with Kevin Crawford and Brian Finnegan*
  • fiddle with Aidain O'Rourke and Liz Knowles*
  • guitar with Ian Stephenson
  • reed making with Eamonn Curran

  • *these classes will be divided according to level on the day

    Celebrating Irish/Scottish Links
    10am until 5pm
    Admission: £10

    This is a new initiative of the William Kennedy Piping Festival and seeks to build on the ongoing work by the club in recent years to promote stronger links between the worlds of Scottish & Irish Gaelic.

    There is more information available on the Irish/Scottish Project Page

    Session: Lunchtime Session
    The Stage Bar & Bistro - 1pm
    Admission: Free
    Pipers & their Pipes
    Armagh Public Library - 1pm
    Admission: Free

    with

  • Jerry O'Sullivan (USA)
  • Marc Pollier (France)
  • Eliot Grasso (USA)
  • Hosted by Peter Browne.

    Pipes & Song Concert
    Saint Patrick's Trian - 2pm
    Admission: £5

    with

  • Griogair Labhruidh & Síle Denvir (Scotland/Ireland)
  • Anna Murray (Scotland)
  • Lorcán Mac Mathúna & Maitiú Ó Casaide

  • This concert is part of the Irish/Scottish Project.

    World Piping Concert 1
    Saint Patrick's Trian - 4pm
    Admission: £6
    Session
    De Averell House - 5pm
    Admission: Free
    Festival Concert 2
    The Market Place - 8pm
    Admission: £15 (£12 conc)

    with

  • Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin & Friends
  • (featuring Iarla Ó Lionáird, Mel Mercier, Tiarnán Ó Duinnchinn, Cillian Vallely, Grace Toland, the Carolan String Orchestra and members of the Armagh Pipers Club)

    Session
    Edward O'Neill's (Red Ned's Bar) - 10pm
    Admission: Free

    with

  • Eamonn Curran
  • Gough Glenn
  • Emmet Mulholland
  • Session
    Turner's Bar - 10pm
    Admission: Free

    with

  • Martin Meehan
  • Sorcha Meehan
  • Mark Mohan
  • Sunday, November 15, 2009
    10am until 12.30pm
    Admission: £15

    Workshops to be held at various venues:

  • St. Malachy's Primary School
  • Market Place Theatre
  • St. Patrick's Trian

  • uilleann pipes with Eliot Grasso, Kieran O'Hare, Marc Pollier and Loïc Bléjean*
  • uilleann pipes slow airs with Peter Browne
  • guitar with Ali Hutton
  • Basque music with Alboka
  • Galician music with Edelmiro Fernández
  • Portuguese music with Roncos do Diabo
  • Breton music with Ronan Bléjean
  • Ensemble/arrangement with Fraser Fifield
  • reed making with Eamonn Curran

  • *these classes will be divided according to level on the day

    Session: Lunchtime Session
    The Stage Bar & Bistro - 1pm
    Admission: Free
    World Piping Concert 2
    The Studio Theatre - 3pm
    Admission: £7

    with

  • Fraser Fifield and Ali Hutton (Scotland)
  • Alboka with Cormac Breatnach (Basque/Ireland)
  • Ronan Le Bars and Nicolas Quemener (Brittany)
  • Session
    De Averell House - 4.30pm
    Admission: Free

    with

  • Cillian Vallely
  • Marc Pollier
  • Nicolas Quemener
  • Music Service
    Saint Patrick's Church of Ireland Cathedral - 5pm
    Admission: Free
    Uilleann Pipes Concert
    The Studio Theatre - 7.30pm
    Admission: £10 (£8 conc)

    with

  • Jerry O'Sullivan (USA)
  • Ronan Le Bars (Brittany)
  • Loïc Bléjean (Brittany)
  • Marc Pollier (France)
  • Kieran O'Hare (USA)
  • Eliot Grasso (USA)
  • Session
    Armagh City Hotel - 10pm
    Admission: Free

    The Final Session!

    Armagh City and District Council Armagh Pipers Club Arts Council Northern Ireland ULTACH Trust Gael Linn Foras na Gaeilge Heritage Lottery Fund European Union Armagh City Hotel Colmcille sponsors